Navy at Duke

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  The globe-independent, Hagerstown, Md., October 16, 1947, page 1

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  the honor guests But unfortunately, through, some slip-up, the news release concerning the banquet failed to reach me One of the finest things that has ever been done for the youth of Washington County was the forming of this Junior Baseball League and l sincerely hope that it will function next year bigger and better than ever. Received the following letter from Oren L. Sterling, president of the Hagerstown Baseball Club, ON Tues day: VERY glad to receive your letter of the 9th. | have had several OPP portunities 20 sell my franchise (goood money tool but have turned them all down and have no idea of selling, or taking my franchise out of Hagerstown. 81 have not had an offer from the White Sox-the White Sox do not have farm system, though they will no doubt have to get one since the Washington Senators have decided to do so did you hear that our friend Dutch” Dorman has been made as sistant to Mr. jenkins, the head of the Boston Braves farm system? a nice advancement for him. Had a letter from Julian Morgan from Ia coma, Washington, where he pitched this summer, winning u and losing the same number. He is also work ing in Tacoma this winter Also had letter from Arthur Red” Dwyer, advising that he had good year at Rock Hill Yours very truly, The above should put an end to the rumors that the Owls will have a new owner next year, | also noticed that Mr. Sterling has joined the Hagerstown Chamber of Commerce, his application for mem bership being received during the current new member drive being put on by the Chamber. Football While Eddie Semler’s Maroon and Gray squad deserves all the credit in the world for taking the measure of Allegany High at the Stadium on Friday night, there’s also plenty of credit due the Allegany squad as well. AS a matter of fact, Allegany had far the better line and this was pretty clearly demonstrated in the first quarter, when Allegany, ON fourth down, deep in their own ter ritory and needing a yard or more for first down, made no attempt to kick, but just bucked their way through for the necessary yardage. Allegany twice completely out witted the Hagerstown squad with their spread formation play and they also worked the naked” reverse to perfection The speed and broken field running of Early was the diff ference between the two teams. The Maroon and Gray have fine offensive team, but on the defensive side there is plenty of room for inn provement, and when they run into a team whose play and speed on offense equals their own, they will find that a strong defense will be just as important-perhaps more so than the always publicized strong offenSe The Navy, having at long last broken their losing streak with a 14–⁠14 tie against Duke on Saturday, will probably be a different team from now on. Wonder what the Notre Dame fans and they are legion-think of the experts placing Michigan on top of the heap this week? l heard one rabid Notre Dam fan remark: “Sure Michigan smothered Pittsburgh on Saturday, SO to 0. Didn’t Notre Dame soften up Pittsburgh for them the week before?” If both Michigan and Notre Dame go through the season undefeated, the argument concerning their relative strength will be heard long and loud around the “Hot Stove” leagues, since the two teams are not scheduled to meet each other-that is

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 14, 1947, page 16

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  Terps’ Gambino Lead! U. 5. Scorers; Faces |Biq Test in Duke Not only is the University of Maryland’s Lu Gambino the lead ing scorer in the Southern Confer ence, but he is the Nations top point maker, according to the Ma tional Collegiate Athletic Bureau, which keeps statistics for the country’s 125 major teams. Gambino’s two touchdowns against Richmond last week raised his point total to 48 in three games. Close behind are Doak Walker of South ern Methodist, A. and Byron Gill lory, Texas, and Mike Kaysserian, Detroit, each with SO. Has Gained 402 Yards. Six of Gambinos scores were by rushing, another was by pass receiving and another with a runback of kickoff. He’s also passed to one score. which doesn’t count as a touchdown for him. In Maryland’s S three games he’s had his hand on the ball only 30 times and has gained q total of 402 yards. A real test of Gambino’s ability comes uo Saturday when the unbeaten Terrapins invade Durham, N. c., for a Southern Conference game against Duke, unbeaten but tied by Navy. Lu came out of last Friday nights game in good shape, but his running mate at the other halfback post, Hubie Werner, was injured and Coach Jim Tatum is worried about whether he’ll be able to play. Werner hasn’t scored yet, but he’s gained all sorts of yardage and Is due to break out in rash Of touchdowns at any time. Duke Likely Favorite. Duke beat North Carolina State, TO, and Tennessee, 1877, before last weeks 14–⁠14 tie with Navy, and probably will be favored over the Terrapins. George Barkley, who has been scouting Duke for Maryland, reports that Coach Wallace Wade has a great defensive team and a great kicker in Fred Folger. The Blue Devils can kick and wait for the breaks, he said. Barkley reports the Dukes are especially good all the way across in the line, with the tackles big and rangy and top reserves in the guard spots. Outstanding scoring threats are Buddy Mulligan and George Clark, the latter an All-America candidate last year who. this season is just beginning to get going good. Mulligan particularly is a threat as pass receiver and on reverse plays where his speed comes in handy. The teams passing attack is clicking as shown by the 10 competitions in Is attempts against Navy.

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 12, 1947, page 1

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  Deacon Air Attack Upsets Tar Heels, 1871 Fiehtine Middies Deadlock Duke, 14–⁠14 Folger Directs Blue Devils To Both Scores; Navy Tallies Touchdown In Last Seconds BALTIMORE, Nd, Oct. 11-(P-Navy pulled = +o ling movie-thri1er finish today and scored in the final II” y seconds when fullback Bill Hawkins rammed over me nJp goal from the vineyard line to gain a 14–⁠14 tie and and 4s Middies’ 10-game losing streak. “‘ The $4,000 customers had just about settled back d. another Navy defeat when Duke broke a TT deadlock WIZ +t three and a half minutes remaining in the fourth noaI u d = e : 9leel pass 10 iii ho AoS’n’ eooo lor IS yas

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 13, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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  Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES Scores oI principal football games played during the weekend are as follows: St. Marys 6; Washington 26. San Jose s. 28; Puget Sound 0. Idaho G. Oregon State 33. Michigan s. 21 Washington s. T. Santa Clara 13; Stanford 2. OCLA 24; Oregon ‘ Alabama 26; Duquesene 0. Mississippi State 21 University of San Francisco 14. University of Hawaii IA; Mon tana State 0. Illinois 0; Army 0. Duke 14; Navy 14. California 48; Wisconsin 2. Gettysburg IS; LaFayette IA. Boston University 38; New York University ‘. Pittsburgh 0; Michigan 69 Bowdoin 61; Amherst 6. Main T; New Hampshire 28 Rutgers 13; Princeton T. Ohio University T; Western Re- serve 20. Bucknell 13; Delaware 12. Georgia Teach 20s VNII O. Wake Forest IS; N Carolina T. Cornell 27; Colgate IS. Chattanooga T; Tennessee 26. Vermont T; Union 20. Tulane 0; Rice B. William and Mary 21; Virginia Teach 6. Nebraska IA; Iowa State T. Indiana l4; Iowa 27. Quantico Marines 29; Davis and Elkins 0. Dennison 50; Beloit T. George Washington 0; Washing ton and Lee 15. Furman 8; South Carolina 26. Catholic University T; Western Maryland 21. Northwestern 21; Minnesota 37. Texas 34; Oklahoma A. Drake 13; Wichita 21. S. Dakota s. 6; Kansas 86. Harvard O. Virginia 47. University of Manitoba 0; North Dakota University 47 Tulsa T; Texast Tech A. Arkansas 9; Baylor IT. Florida IA; Auburn 20. University of Mississippi G.; Vanderbilt 10. Texas ARM IS; Louisiana s. 19. Georgia 0; Kentucky 26. Wyoming 53; Colorado School of mines 6. University of Nevada 51; Univer- city of Portland 6. California Aggie 20; San Fran cisco State 0. Brigham Young 6; Utah 28. New Mexico ARM 0; University of New Mexico 20 Texas Mines o; Texas State IA. Colorado ARM 13; Denver 13. Penn 32; Dartmouth 0. Middlebury T; Trinity 31. Villanova 13;; Holy Cross G. Penn State 75; Fordham 0. Hawaiian All Stars IA; Idaho State 12. San Diego Naval Air 45; Seattle Naval Air 0. Fort Lewis ‘; Bremerton Navy 6.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Navy leads 20–⁠15–⁠5 in 40 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.